Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1887-09-02
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COMMUNICATIONS


Republican leaders of Virginia, wa, II
the Capital day or two since, and be.
ing at skies and sevens with little Bill,
Malone, the Republican boss of thai
State, Mr.. Brady gently submitted te
an interview in which he gives some
interesting information regarding the
political situation in the Old Domin.
ion. He says that Malone in his mad
desire to make every other interest
subservient to his ambition to return
to the United States Senate, has allen
ated all of his own ieutenants, inclu-
ding such men as Senator Riddleber-
ger, Ex- x-Govenor Cameron and two of
the Republican Congressman elect SO,
that only listless apathy and egregious
blunders on the part of the Democrats
can secure Mahone's return to power
from the Mother Of Presidents.
Thai. of monumental folly and
pet Republican measure, the Blair
Educational Bill, has been sat upon in
the house of their friends, or what was
supposed to be such, for the Committee
on Federal Affairs in the New Homp-
shire House Of Representatives, by
vote OF seven to three, has laid on the
table resolutions endorsing the bill.
And this from cranky Senator Blair's
own State and party: 9eThat was the
most unkindest cut of all" worse by
far than the Democrats could give.
Secretary Fairchild, a few days
since, dismissed pair of Republican
clerks for consuming portion of their
valuable time during Office hours in
abusing the Democratic party one Of
them being brother of the brass.
throated G. A. r. howler, Gen. Gros.
veuor, Congressman from Ohio. The
Secretary well says that he thinks it
too good in the Administration to keep
Republicans in their places, but; that
indecent criticism of the Democracy
should not be permitted. The senti.
ment Of the able and popular young
Secretary of tee treasury will find a
ready echo in the hearts of thousands
of Democrats, with the wish that there
were more Faircbilds in the Cabinet.
Secretary Whitney is pushing for
ward with the earnestness and enthu-
siasm characteristic of him, his efforts
to re habilitate the American Navy.
having just awarded the contract for
the building of two gunboats and
three cruisers, after the most i'm
proved designs, and with such iron
clad test as to speed and capacity that
fall compliance with these conditions
is guaranteed, Another commendable
action Of the Secretary is his continued
refusal to furnish any funds for the
repair of rotten hulks like the Monoc-
racy that were inherited flom the late
Republican regime.
Two Republican chief clerks of the
Interior Department have resigned
during the present Administration,
the successor of the last one not yet
having been chosen. / trust Secretary
Lamar will be able to find some good
and worthy Democrat for the position.
1t IS fact, perhaps not generally
known, that with single exception,
every chief clerk Of a Department under
President Cleveland's Administration,
is hold-over Republican, although
those places are not under civil service
rules. Why this is thus, l have, as
yet, been unable to discover; but, it
ssovercomes me like summer dream.o
In the Washington Police Court the
preliminary trial of the Cra Word for.
nication case, which 1 have heretofore
mentioned, still drags its slow length
along like slimy serpent, owing to
the fact that it must give way each
day to the regular routine Of cases.
There was most exciting scene in
this scandalous case; one Of the defen-
dants counsel told the Judge that the
United States District Attorney had
said to the two associate counsel for
the defense, that the Judge would de.
eide the case in the Governments IA
vor, regardless alike of argument and
evidence that, in fact, he had pre-
ju iged the case. This statement the
Judge had reduced to writing, and as
the venerable Julist read the charge
in open Court, his anger aud passion
were so ogerpowering that he shook
like an aspen leaf as he denounced
the arraignment "as a false aspersion
upon my character" Then. the Dis
trict Attorney and the opposing coun-
sci had an unseemly wrangle--the
former affirming and the latter deny
ing. [ fully agree with one of the
defendants lawyers, who, in a tower.
ing rage, declared that the way the
case was being tried was "a disgrace
and an outrage on all concerned in it.